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Computer recycler draws Microsoft's ire, faces 15 years in prison

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:20 UTC
Eric Lundgren
Eric Lundgren, an innovative computer engineer, may have to spend 15 months in prison for saving the environment and recycling computers.

Even though Lundgren has a successful computer recycling business, the thought of throwing away or destroying so many PCs was unsettling. So he hatched a plan to copy and sell to refurbishers PCs with Microsoft restore discs. However, when the company learned what he was doing, they tried to put him in prison.

Piracy is a crime and affects the bottom line profits of video game manufacturers, Hollywood films, and software companies like Microsoft. But a Microsoft restore disc is included when someone buys a computer and is available as a free download when someone can prove their product key for Windows belongs to them.

But for people who buy a second-hand computer, if the product key to the copy of Windows does not belong to them (registered with Microsoft) the computer is worthless and must be thrown away.
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Arrow Down

WADA officers disrupt Russian figure skating star Zagitova's practice to take doping test


RT
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:51 UTC
Russian figure skater
© Damir Sagolj / ReutersAlina Zagitova
Olympic figure skating gold medal contender Alina Zagitova was prevented from conducting a full training session on Monday, after a doping officer interrupted the Russian's practice in PyeongChang.

"Zagitova took to the ice as was scheduled, but several minutes later she was forced to leave the skating rink, because a doping officer ordered her to take a doping test. The training turned out to be disrupted," a member of the Russian figure skating squad told R-Sport.

The 15-year-old star, who is making her senior debut this season, is widely considered among the favorites to clinch the Olympic title in South Korea.
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Robot

Anti-Trumpists, globalists and people who identify as non-human gather at World Government Summit in Dubai


WND
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:02 UTC
Madinat Jumeirah
Yes, globalism is not a conspiracy theory, except for those who practice it.

And that fact was on public display in Dubai this weekend featuring experts like Robert DeNiro on climate change, Goldie Hawn on making kids happy, actor Forest Whitaker on how women and youth are keys to solving global challenges, Grammy winner Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas on technology and development, Malcolm Gladwell on government's role in shaping prosperous societies and Ariana Huffington on the Third Women's Revolution.

You may note the predominance of American presenters, but don't be misled.

This is a very anti-American three-day globalist summit at the Madinat Jumeirah and sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.

Comment: To satisfy our curiosity, here is a short interview with cyborgist Neil Harbisson:



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Star of David

Israeli occupation authority seizes assets and bank accounts of Jerusalem Orthodox Church


The Palestinian Information Center
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:48 UTC
Jerusalem Orthodox Church
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has seized assets and bank accounts belonging to the Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, totaling over 30 million shekels.

The IOA claimed its measure was taken to collect property tax arrears unpaid by the Patriarchate.

In a statement, spokesman for the Patriarchate Issa Mosleh said "the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem refuses to deal with this Israeli measure as it violates the status quo retained for hundreds of years in the holy city, where its churches and mortmain real estate are exempt from property taxes."
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Handcuffs

Man helps capture killer & rapist who escaped 'open prison' in UK


RT
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:48 UTC
Keith Whitehouse
© Avon and Somerset PoliceKeith Whitehouse.
An escaped prisoner, who is serving a life sentence for raping and killing a woman, is back behind bars thanks to the intervention of an "eagle-eyed" member of the public.

An extensive manhunt was launched after Keith Whitehouse failed to appear for roll call at Leyhill open prison in South Gloucestershire on Saturday night. He was last seen several hours earlier. In 1991, Whitehouse killed and raped 21-year-old Suzanne Bromiley while on leave from a kidnapping sentence. He met his victim at a day centre for unemployed people.

Whitehouse was known to have psychopathic personality disorder. Nobody looked for him until he killed Bromiley. He was handed a life sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Comment: Whitehouse, a diagnosed psychopath, committed his first murder while on 'home release' in 1991, and it looks like he was on his way to kill again. Clearly there should be no such thing as an 'open prison' for convicted psychopaths.

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Pistol

The UK banned guns and yet stabbings and violent crime are out of control

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
UK banned guns and now stabbings and violent crime are out of control
When there are reports of a mass shooting, and many politicians and mainstream media pundits respond by pushing for gun control, it is important to take a moment to look at the statistics and whether there is evidence that the proposed laws would make an impact-and in the United Kingdom, that impact is painfully apparent.

The UK has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, putting the burden on its citizens to prove to the government that they are worthy of owning a specific firearm, and their intent for its ownership.

As The BBC reported, "Getting a license is a long and complicated business. Every stage of the process is designed to reduce the likelihood of a gun falling into the wrong hands. It starts with an application form which asks specific questions about why the individual wants a gun, telling them they need to show 'good reason.'"

Comment: In addition, when police force resources are being diverted to inconsequential issues and the UK economy is failing, those most likely to be involved in crime are turning to it: Florida School Shooting: A Culture of Narcissistic Entitlement and Resentment

Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Florida School Mass Shooting: Gun Control, Mental Illness and the Criminal Mind

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Propaganda

Brazil's largest newspaper abandons Facebook for "effectively banning professional journalism" with new algorithm

Jay Syrmopoulos
Truth In Media
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:48 UTC
facebook censored
The largest newspaper in Brazil, Folha de S Paulo, announced late last week that due to Facebook's recent changes to their news feed algorithm resulting in what the paper claims is "effectively banning professional journalism," it would cease publishing content on the social media platform.

The Guardian reported that the popular Brazilian newspaper has an online and print subscription base of nearly 285,000 subscribers and had roughly 204 million page impressions last December, according to the Communication Verification Institute, a non-profit media auditor. The company's Facebook page has nearly 6 million Facebook followers.

The executive editor of Fohla, Sérgio Dávila, told The Guardian that the paper's decision reflected "the declining importance of Facebook to our readers," but added that the recent algorithm changes to Facebook's Newsfeed had precipitated the decision. The paper claimed the new algorithm "privilege[s] personal interaction contents, to the detriment of those distributed by companies, such as those that produce professional journalism."

Comment: Eventually the only way to work around censorship by the tech giants, who collude with Western governments, will be to find alternative open platforms:

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Family

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio stands behind ban of daddy-daughter dances at schools


The Blaze
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:20 UTC
Mayor Bill de Blasio stands behind rule forbidding daddy-daughter dances at New York City schools
© WCBS-TV video screenshotNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is standing behind a rule forbidding father-daughter, mother-son dances implemented by the city's Department of Education to satisfy gender-neutral requirements.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is standing behind a rule forbidding father-daughter, mother-son dances implemented by the city's Department of Education to satisfy gender-neutral requirements.

"I'm a father with a daughter," de Blasio told WCBS-TV Wednesday. "I think it's a beautiful idea to have a father-daughter dance." But the mayor added that "the goal" of the DOE's rule "was simply to create something everyone could participate in" and that "we just want to respect all our students."


Comment: Thinking everyone can be included all the time and everyone is always equal is at odds with reality.


A Staten Island elementary school recently canceled its traditional father-daughter dance over the DOE's gender guidelines.

Comment: What has happened in the last decade that has so changed the traditions of Western society? Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Safe

US: Across the country state election officials are calling for return to paper ballots

Matt Viser
Boston Globe
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
vote ballot
© David Goldman/Associated Press/file
Hoping to counter waves of Russian Twitter bots, fake social media accounts, and hacking attacks aimed at undermining American democracy, state election officials around the country are seizing on an old-school strategy: paper ballots.

In Virginia, election officials have gone back to a paper ballot system, as a way to prevent any foreign interference. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe this month ordered county officials to ensure new election equipment produces a paper record. Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation to replace a touch-screen voting system with paper.

Comment: No evidence has ever been put forward by the US, or any other nation that has accused Russia of election interference - and that's because there is none - but the American people could still benefit from this move though, because what has been proven is that elections are regularly rigged by players within their own country. Though paper ballots do not guarantee votes are safe from fraud: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: The Russia Collusion Ruse: Why the US Deep State Hates Russia, Not Trump

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Sheriff

Broward County Sheriff Israel was once accused of sex with 17-year-old, forcing her to get abortion (VIDEO)

The Gateway Pundit
Cassandra Fairbanks
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:41 UTC
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel with Hillary Clinton
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel with Hillary Clinton
In a YouTube video uploaded in 2012, an unidentified woman accused Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel of having an affair with her and forcing her to get an abortion when she was 17 years old.

In a series of three videos uploaded to a channel called "Barry Israel," the unidentified woman claims to have been in a six month long relationship with Israel. In the videos, she addresses Israel directly - seeming scorned and angry.

"Hi Scott, it's me again. You know that at 17, because of you, I had to have an abortion. Now I'm finding out that you have three kids - and a kid from another marriage, and a wife of 20 years and you're happily married. Are you serious?" the woman asks.

Comment: If true, the sheriff abused his position of authority and should be held accountable. But what is clear is this kind of deviant behaviour is coming to light as commonplace amongst people in positions of authority and power: More specifically, Broward County Sheriff Israel is in charge of law enforcement response to the Valentine's Day mass school shooting... Is this some kind of leverage someone wants to hold over him? If so, why?

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